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Crawfish season is thriving with larger yields and favorable weather, but labor shortages are slowing farm operations.

As tired light filtered through the fog on a recent Monday morning, Daniel Valenzuela sloshed shin-deep into a flooded rice paddy in Southeast Texas. He shoved a scoop-shaped sled along the ground in ...

Two crawfish farm workers could have to pay $15,000 after authorities said they shot and killed an endangered whooping crane.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Daniel Valenzuela shows off a crawfish during a catch at Bayou Best Crawfish Farm in Sour Lake. Cold snaps, rain and fog can ...

Shortage of H-2B visas threatens Louisiana's $640m crawfish industry, leaving the state's 20 crawfish processors with no option to hire migrant workers.

Peeling plants are scrambling for seasonal workers, but one area plant owner says locals aren’t lining up for the jobs.

Whatever you know them as — crawfish, crayfish or the more colorful “mudbug” — the familiar crustaceans found at seafood boils allow sea farmers a relatively short harvesting season can be made or ...

Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Mike Strain says that due to immigration caps only a quarter of crawfish processors have ...

Your favorite seafood restaurant, buffet, or fishing buddy will soon have crawfish. Crawfish, also known as "mudbugs," are considered a delicacy in the Southern U.S. According to The Houston Chronicle ...

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15 of the 20 crawfish peeling plants in the state have not received any foreign workers this season due to new H-2B visa ...